The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-23
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the boats. They also say the fog was not SO
dense but that. had proper caution been OBJ
served, the collision could have been avoided.
Mrs Robinson mother of the little girl killed.
spoke bitterly of her treatment She said that
after her child was killed it was represented to
her by the stewardess that the little one was
alive and doing WELL At the time she was Civ
ing all her attention to her son George, whose
arm had received a compound fracture from the
broken rail. When she next inquired, she was
told that the girls body had been flung over
board. The poor woman wept bitterly
The men of the party sat around the dingy
room of the lodging house until a late hour, re-
hearsng over and over again their experiences
in the collision. These men said that at the time
of the accident the fog was not so thick, but that
they could see the Celtic 200 feet or more away.
They charge that when efforts were made to
lower the boats, the gear ran foul and rusty, As
though it had not been practiced in
a long time. There was sudden
rush, they said. for the boats until
Captain Perry drew his revolver and threatened
to shoot any man who attempted to enter
boat The crew. including the fremen and
stokers. were among the most prominent in the
were very violent A few succeeded, although
there not sufficient number of life-pre--
servers for the passengers These men, they
said, seized anything they could lay their
hands on. One of the strapped life-pre-
servers around him and was trying to get into
boat when passenger came up behind and cut
the fastenings. and the spectators cried shame"
The wife of the man who was crushed against
the pump, when she saw her husbands body
tossed into the sea, became frantic and wanted
to cast herself over the side after it
Eight or ten people were injured by the iron
it fell the woodwork when it was
crushed. Four of these were too badly injured
to be taken care of by the steamers surgeon,
and they were transferred to St. Vincent's Hos
pitaL They were the boy George Robinson:
Patrick Burke. aged forty-seven, of Wilkes
barre. Pa; William Lawler. aged sixty-five, of
ST. Louis, and young woman named Rose
Kelly. The two men in crit
ieal condition. The stearage passengers
say that the known dead included three men, a
woman and the girl. but think that three others
who have been missing since the collision were
All the bodies were thrown in the sea the night
after the collision.
Incoming steamers which were spoken kept
company with the Celtic and Britannia, in case
the injured vessels should need assistance but
their aid was not needed The damage to the ships
has not been estimated yet. but it is doubtless
very large in each
G. 2. Huntington was among the saloon pas
sengers of the Britannia. He had closed his
house up for the summer, and along with his
family, intended to take an excursion to Europe,
which he has never visited. "And / didn't get
there, after ALL" said ne, laughngly, this after
noon. He said: 1.-THE bowsprt of the Celtic
came right on board. The Celtic cut through
nearly to the middle of our ship. and probably
would have cut quite to the middle but for the
fact that we were going somewhat rapidly and
tore the Celtic's cut-water right away. think
that what saved US. The Britannia was struck
the water-ticht compartment second from
the stern. The bulwarks were cut off for fifty
feet. The Celtic tore her way right along"